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January 19, 2012

Obama’s visit to Arizona draws protest, prayers for his presidency

MESA, Ariz. – Hundreds of protesters lined up along a Mesa street Feb. 18 to give President Barack Obama a piece of their mind. Later that morning at a local high school, the president unveiled his $75 billion “Homeowner Stability Initiative,” aimed at helping homeowners in danger of losing their houses avoid foreclosure.

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January 19, 2012

Keep FOCA in headlines

In response to “FOCA is a threat to Catholic health care,” by Louis C. Breschi, M.D. (CR, Feb. 12), I will join with you in fighting to protect human life and our religious freedom to serve human life and health with integrity. I also say that I tried to do this by not voting for...

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January 19, 2012

In BCL, these are the good old days

The tendency among greybeards is to glorify the past at the expense of the present, but even those who remember the Baltimore Catholic League at its inception in 1971 acknowledge that the boys’ basketball circuit has enjoyed no better decade than the current one.

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January 19, 2012

Seton Keough senior thrives in spotlight

When Beth Amann took the stage as Dorothy Gale in “The Wizard of Oz” three years ago at The Seton Keough High School, she was a freshman looking for a niche.

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January 19, 2012

Gov. O’Malley calls for up or down vote on death penalty

Calling the death penalty “an expensive and utterly ineffective tool in deterring violent crime,” Gov. Martin J. O’Malley implored members of the Senate Judicial Proceedings Committee to allow his proposed capital punishment ban to reach the floor for a vote by the full legislative body.

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January 19, 2012

Violent death of Spanish-born priest in Cuba leaves nation in shock

MIAMI – The violent death of a Spanish-born priest serving in Cuba has left residents of the nation, including Catholic church leaders, in shock.

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January 19, 2012

Women, men experience sin differently, papal theologian says

VATICAN CITY – Of the seven deadly sins, men are more prone to be tempted by lust, while women more often succumb to the sin of pride, the papal theologian said.

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January 19, 2012

Pope, British prime minister discuss values needed in global economy

VATICAN CITY – Hard work, solidarity and other ethical values must be part of the world’s response to the global economic crisis, said Pope Benedict XVI and British Prime Minister Gordon Brown.

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January 19, 2012

Do what works to make Catholic education affordable

My parents didn’t have money, yet they raised five daughters who all attended Catholic schools. I am a product of Catholic schools and proud of it. As a 1977 graduate of Marian Catholic in Hometown, Pa., I say bring back what works, fundraisers and second sibling discounts. When I grew up it was understood that...

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January 19, 2012

• St. Agnes doc good to the ‘core’

St. Agnes Hospital prides itself on instilling its values in its physicians, and Dr. Michael Burke knows them by heart.

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January 19, 2012

• Father says miracle kept him alive after heart attack

Joseph Roberts says he’s still around because of a miracle – or maybe two or three.

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January 19, 2012

Eight nuns killed in Indonesia when van plunges off bridge

JAKARTA, Indonesia – Eight Franciscan Sisters of Charity died when the minivan in which they were traveling drove off a bridge and plunged into a river.

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